Kahn the genius, Kahn the futurist, Kahn the psychopath. The FARSIGHT hosts take a closer look at the life and legacy of one of the 20th century’s most influential futurists and public intellectuals.

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Hosts: Casper Skovgaard Petersen & August Leo Liljenberg

Sources

Alex Abella: Soldiers of Reason: The RAND Corporation and the Rise of the American Empire

Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi: The Worlds of Herman Kahn: The Intuitive Science of Thermonuclear War

Paul Dragos Aligica: “The challenge of the future and the institutionalization of interdisciplinarity: notes on Herman Kahn’s legacy”

Herman Kahn: On Thermonuclear War

Herman Kahn: The Year 2000

Neil Pickett: A History of Hudson Institute

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